Woodward, Inc. (WWD) Stock

About Woodward, Inc.

Woodward, Inc. is led by CEO Charles Blankenship Jr., employs 10,200 people, headquartered in Fort Collins, US, publicly traded since 1994.

Woodward, Inc. (WWD) stock trades at $323.45 with a market capitalization of $19.27B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.65, price-to-book of 7.95, price-to-sales of 4.69. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $244.69 and $450.92, and currently trades 28.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.39%.

On profitability, Woodward, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 21.75% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 17.80%, an operating margin of 15.41%, a net profit margin of 13.17%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Woodward, Inc. reported annual revenue of $3.6B, net profit of $442.0M, revenue has compounded at 7.4% a year over the last five years, profit at 13.0% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.73, total assets of $4.6B, $327.0M in cash and equivalents.

WWD has a beta of 0.87.